Conservatoire Botanique Pierre Fabre

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France - SOUAL

Institution Code:

BGCI Member: No

Main Address:
Conservatoire Botanique Pierre Fabre
Route de Cambounet
SOUAL
81580 France

Telephone: +33563826674
Fax: +33563826674
URL: http://www.pierre-fabre.com/en/implantations/soual-0
Primary Email: jean.gabriel.fouche@pierre-fabre.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Jean-Gabriel FOUCHÉ
    Curator's Name:
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 3
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
  • Date founded: 2001
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 5 Hectares
  • Total Area: 6 Hectares
    Latitude: 43.55507
    Longitude: 2.11613
    Annual Rainfall: 870 mm
    Altitude: 220.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 800 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Jardin Botanique de Ranopiso Ranopiso (near Fort-Dauphin) Madagascar
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Conservatoire Botanique Pierre Fabre
  • Local Address: Route de Cambounet
  • Locality: City: Cambounet sur le Sor
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 8394
  • Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 5500

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 1000
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 1000
  • Special Collections:Tropical greenhouse
    desertic greenhouse with Madagascar specimen
    Open garden : medicinal & cosmetic plants, toxic
    400 taxa CITES
  • ABS Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: Yes
    Exploration: Yes
    Pharmacology: Yes
    Agriculture: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Guided Tours: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes